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The article reports on the growth of mid-tier and junior mining companies carrying out platinum mining projects in South Africa. Among the companies include Aquarius Platinum Ltd., African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., and Xstrata which result to the development of Platinum Group Metal (PGM) producers in the country. According to a study conducted, the realization of the platinum mining projects by mid-tier and junior groups will help the country increase platinum production by 3 million ounce (oz) by 2014. The projects include Anglo Platinum Ltd.'s Amandwlbult East Upper platinum project, Impala Platinum Ltd.'s facility expansion which aims to produce 2.8 million oz of the metal by 2012, and the mining operations carried out by Impala and African Rainbow at the Two Rivers mine.

The article reports on the corporate development planned by mining company Anglo Platinum. The company will be adding 100,000 oz/y of production capacity at its Amandelbult platinum operations near Rustenburg, South Africa. The expansion will increase its capacity to 700,000 oz/y of equivalent refined platinum. In addition, the expansion project will focus on an additional mine production from the UG2 reef and an increase in milling capacity. Furthermore, the expansion project will begin in 2007.